2014 IN NUMBERS

The first-quarter superyacht sales tally shows that the brokerage and new-build markets are picking up, with increased confidence from buyers, particularly from the USA.Read the Q1 2014 Superyacht Market Report

AT A GLANCE

734

superyachts under construction

2015 GLOBAL ORDER BOOK

Down by one order from last year, but higher in total length under construction, the 2015 Global Order Book justifies an optimistic future,and reveals the 734 new superyachts in buildGet the latest report

Destination features

Highlights

Swim with 100 sharks, listen to humpback whales, scrunch your toes through pink sands and luxuriate in splendid isolation - all in a day's cruise aboard motor yacht Seawolf in the islands of French Polynesia

One of the world's seven natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef is the largest natural phenomenon on earth established by living creatures, stretching 2,300km from the Torres Straight to Fraser Island

Mediterranean Destination Features

Kicking off the Med season on the last Sunday in May was the Monaco Grand Prix, but events to attend stack up quite quickly after that, and then there are decisions to be made about where to cruise this summer...

Owner of superyacht Leander, Sir Donald Gosling, has cruised throughout the world but returns time and again to Sardinia; here he shares some of the island's best kept secrets and the reasons why he can never tire of it